WEBVTT THE JUDGE FOR THE MAXIMUM.THE JUDGE ANSWERING THEIRREQUEST.>>> NASHUA TEE PLEADED GUILTYTO MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TOCOMMIT ROBBERY IN THE RANDOMVIOLENT ATTACK OF 49-YEAR-OLDBENJAMIN MARCUM OF NASHUA HAS HWALKED ALONG THE BIKE PATH INMARCH OF 2015.>> HE WAS AN INNOCENT PERSON.JUST WALKING IN THE NIGHTBRUTAL ATTACKED, BEATEN ANDSTABBED, AND LEF ON THE COLD,HARD GROUND TO DIE IN A POOL OFHIS OWN BLOOD.REPORTER: MARCUM, THE YOUNGESTOF TEN, DESCRIBED AS A PATRIOTICGOOD GUY.FIVE SIBLINGS SPEAKING IN COURTFOR A SECOND TIME.THE CO-DEFENDANT WAS SENTENCED.IT IS GOFF WHO ADMITS TOSTABBING THE VICTIM 26 TIME.>> THE ONL DISAPPOINTING THINGTO ME IS THAT YOU, MR GOFF,WON'T HAVE TO SEE THE AUTOPSYPICTURES OF WHAT YOU DID T MYBROTHER.>> TO THE MARCUM FAMILY, I'MSORRY THIS HAS HAPPENED.I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO KNOWI DID NOT INTEND FOR THINGS TOGO AS FAR AS THEY DID.NOR FOR ANYBODY TO GET HURT THEWAY THEY DID.THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY ASKED TOCONSIER HE WAS 17 AT THE TIMEAND PHYSICALLY A EMOTIONALLYABUSED AS A CHILD.THE VICTIM'S SISTER ASKING FORTHE MAXIMUM PLUS 26 MORE.>> THE AMOUNT OF 26 STAB WOUNDSTHAT YOU INFLICTED ON MYBROTHER, BEN.MAKE YOU STAND EACH AND EVERYDAY FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFEHURTING FOR YOUR FREEDOM AS WEHURT FOR MY BROTHER, BEN.REPORTER: SOME OF JONATHANGOFF'S FAMILY SPOKE ON HISBEHALF.THE JUDGE SENTENCING HIM TO THE

The family of a murdered Nashua man confronted his killer Thursday morning in court.

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Benjamin Marcum, 49, was beaten and stabbed in March 2015 while he walked along a bike path in Nashua. Stephan Peno, 22 pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the fall, and Thursday, Jonathan Goff, 19, also entered a guilty plea.

Goff pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit robbery, and he was sentenced to 45 years to life in prison.

Marcum was the youngest of 10 children, and five of his siblings told the court during sentencing that their brother was taken from them far too soon.

"John Goff killed my brother, Ben, by beating and stabbing him multiple times," said Steven Marcum, the victim's brother. "I cannot believe, again, what pain he must have felt."

An autopsy determined that Marcum was beaten and kicked, and stabbed 26 times.

"He was an innocent person, just walking in the night, brutally attacked, beaten, stabbed and left on a cold, hard ground to die in a pool of his own blood," said Catherine Marcum, the victim's sister.

Goff admitted to stabbing Marcum as part of a robbery.

"I would understand if what I have to say falls on deaf ears," Goff said. "I understand that none of you forgive me for my actions. I do hope that at some point, your family can take into consideration the fact that I regret what I've done. And where we're standing here today, if I could take back what I've done -- the outcomes, the pain that I've caused your family -- I would."

The defense asked the judge to consider the circumstances of Goff's upbringing, saying that he was physically and mentally abused as a child, and turned to drugs and alcohol at the age of 8 or 9.

Prosecutors asked that Goff be sentenced to 40 years to life, while the defense asked for a sentence of 30 years to life.

The victim's family told Goff that they hope he spends the rest of his life thinking about the pain he has caused them.